Phil was elected State Attorney of the 18th Judicial Circuit for Brevard and Seminole Counties in November of 2012 and took office on January 8, 2013.  He was unopposed for re-election in 2016 and 2020 and began his third term of office in 2021.

 

Phil served the office as an Assistant State Attorney for over 28 years in a variety of positions prior to being elected. He created and supervised the nationally recognized Operation Cease-Fire Program and the Neighborhood State Attorney Initiative. Phil has won numerous local awards including the Brevard County Bar Association Government Attorney Professionalism Award, the Community Partner Award from the Seminole County Bar Association, the Crimeline State Attorney, the Dr. Robert Doering Award, and the Brevard Bar Foundation’s 2018 Community Leader of the Year Award.

  

Phil is actively involved with local Veterans organizations and has received recognition for his work with the annual Stand Down Brevard. Phil is a nationally recognized speaker on a variety of crime prevention and community prosecution topics and has lectured at the National Advocacy Center for the National District Attorneys Association. He recently completed a two-year term as President of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

 

Phil holds a Juris Doctorate Degree from Florida State University and a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Central Florida.